I have a 97 Tahoe that I put a 6pin plug on but I can't get it to work??I wired it up to the bundle of wires under the bumper?? While I was under there I saw a 10g blue and orange taped up as well what are these,are they my brake controller?Lastly how do I wire in my brake controller. Thanks for all the help.
Help Trying to wire up hitch and brake controller
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loulblades
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Although I have a 96 I think they are the same or similar.
I didn't use the bundle provided for the trailer, I tapped into the wires for the lights themselves. It was easier than pulling out the bundle wires and I am not sure that those wires are actually connected and may need to be connected or fused under the hood. I know the Orange wire wasn't and I fused it under the hood to provide 12 volts (it came up in a bundle near the fuse/relay box). The blue wire also shows up somewhere in that vicinity and that is for the output of the brake controller.
You may or may not need the 12 volts to the trailer connector. My setup uses it for the breakaway battery charger.
I didn't use the bundle provided for the trailer, I tapped into the wires for the lights themselves. It was easier than pulling out the bundle wires and I am not sure that those wires are actually connected and may need to be connected or fused under the hood. I know the Orange wire wasn't and I fused it under the hood to provide 12 volts (it came up in a bundle near the fuse/relay box). The blue wire also shows up somewhere in that vicinity and that is for the output of the brake controller.
You may or may not need the 12 volts to the trailer connector. My setup uses it for the breakaway battery charger.
I too used the bundle of wires.
The orange (12V) and blue (Brake controller) are in a bundle, clipped on the botton of the brake booster. the orange connects to the rear of the engine fuse box, it is very important that you put a 30amp inline fuse so it doesn't blow your ECU. The blue is for the brake controller, you need to find an access through the firewall, I simply drilled a hole inserted a rubber gromit, then fished it through the firewall, hooked it up to the controller. Done.
The orange (12V) and blue (Brake controller) are in a bundle, clipped on the botton of the brake booster. the orange connects to the rear of the engine fuse box, it is very important that you put a 30amp inline fuse so it doesn't blow your ECU. The blue is for the brake controller, you need to find an access through the firewall, I simply drilled a hole inserted a rubber gromit, then fished it through the firewall, hooked it up to the controller. Done.